The chequered history of the development and use of simultaneous equations for the accurate determination of chlorophylls a and b

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 149-156

  Porra, Robert J ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption spectroscopy; Accurate chlorophyll a and b determinations; Algebraic correction method for Arnon's Chl determinations; Chlorophyll a b ratios; Daniel Arnon; G. Mackinney; LHC II; Light harvesting complex of photosytem II

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0036418141     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020470224740     Document Type: Short Survey

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